Monday January 24, 2011b

Lee and Janice, the folks who are on the boat Passage that is tied up in the next slip have organized a trip into Freeport. They asked me if I wanted to go. I had to decline as I had phone calls that have to be made and some chores around the boat that I need to tend to.

At about 11:00AM this morning a local cabin cruiser powerboat slowly motored out of the marina.. About one hour later the boat came back into the marina at full throttle. Everyone on the docks thought that the captain had lost his mind. Full speed in a no wake zone is not good. It turns out he had a really good reason for speeding back into the marina. One of the divers on his boat must have been overanxious to get into the water. Because he got into the water before the propellers stopped rotating. The propellers sucked the diver under the boat and into the propellers. They say that he died quickly. The other guys on the boat pulled him onto the dive platform and rushed back to the marina. He must have been dead on arrival at the marina. The ambulance would not take his body. Officials were called. They examined the boat for several hours and then the coroner removed the body. The diver was a local man with 4 children. When I asked one of the marina employees what happened, he said a minor boating incident. The Michigan boat is tied up behind the “death” boat. They told me the real story. It was not a minor incident. My heart goes out to this gentleman’s family.

I purchased several fresh lobsters from the “lobsterman”, he comes around the marina selling fresh lobsters every day. He charges $2.50 per lobster. I bought three. I boiled them up in a pot of sea water and they were delicious. Two would have filled me up.

I talked with Sandy via Skype. He visited Shane in Toronto this weekend. He is there working on a special assignment for Lear Jet. They attended a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game. They also ate in some nice restaurants. Sandy said it was very cold in Toronto this weekend.

After dinner I traded DVD’s with one of the guys from Michigan. I traded the Incredible’s for An Astronauts Wife. I fell asleep watching the movie just like at home.

I started it from the place I think I fell asleep and fell asleep again. I guess the ending is not worth watching.

I hope the weather breaks soon. I am ready to get moving.

Good Night!